In fear. And time. In oil change. In cinnamon cider. In porch. The gods
we found above us. In Pleiades. In Orion. In Midland Avenue.

Midnight walks. The black trees we named starfish. One drunk night.
The British pie shop at the end of the block. In curry chicken pie.

In mulberry maple muffin. In time. In coffee breath. Every morning.

CLAUDIA CORTESE is a native of Northeast Ohio and now lives in New Jersey. Her poems
have appeared or are forthcoming in Best New Poets 2011, Blackbird, Crazyhorse, DIAGRAM, and Kenyon Review Online, among others.

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